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Title:	Failure surface for L-shaped reinforced concrete short columns
Author:	Liu, Mon-Chen
View Online:	njit-etd1983-014 ([iv], 79 pages ~ 2.6 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Civil Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Hsu, C.T. Thomas (Committee chair) Lehman, Frederick G. (Committee member) Wecharatana, Methi (Committee member)
Date:	1983
Keywords:	Columns, Concrete. Reinforced concrete construction--Testing. Strains and stresses.
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Combined bending and axial compression for L-shaped reinforced concrete short columns is a common problem. But the present ACI Building Code (ACI 318-77), handbooks and texbooks pay no attention to this problem. A numerical analysis and computer program developed by Hsu fora reinforced concrete member subject to biaxial bending and axial load has been used Using this computer program, the interaction diagrams and failure surface were developed for L-shaped members under combined bending and axial compression. A comparison between theoretical and experimental results was included to examine the validity of failure surface.